Category: Military history AudioShell-Shocked Britain: Understanding the lasting trauma of the First World WarWednesday 25 May 2016Millions of soldiers were scarred by their experiences in the First World War trenches,...AudioFor king and another country: Indian soldiers on the Western FrontTuesday 15 December 2015Over a million Indian soldiers fought in the First World War, many travelling from...AudioWriter of the month: A history of war in 100 battles – Richard OveryTuesday 8 December 2015‘Battle is not a game to plug into a computer but a piece of...Audio‘Over the top: a foul a blurry foul’ – the first football charge of the First World WarFriday 2 October 2015Our collection of First World War records is one of the largest in the...AudioBig Ideas: Innovation in the Air ForceFriday 4 September 2015Ross Mahoney’s talk is based on sources ranging from operational records held by The...AudioWaterloo men: the records of Wellington’s Waterloo armyFriday 14 August 2015By taking two men who fought at Waterloo and exploring how different records bring...AudioDunkirk: from disaster to deliveranceThursday 6 August 2015Drawing on fresh new interviews with Dunkirk veterans – soldiers and sailors – plus...AudioOne in six: the South Asian contribution to the First World WarWednesday 13 May 2015One hundred years ago, undivided India provided Britain with a massive volunteer army in...AudioIndia in the First World WarThursday 12 March 2015The National Archives’ principal military specialist William Spencer is joined by Brigadier Brian McCall,...AudioA game for Christmas: Football on the Western Front, December 1914?Tuesday 23 December 2014Any mention of football and the First World War will evoke the Christmas Truce...AudioPutting it all together: using archives to discover your community’s involvement in the First World WarTuesday 18 November 2014The names of the First World War dead are there for all to see,...AudioWebinar: Tracing British battalions or regiments during the First World WarMonday 1 September 2014Unit war diaries, trench maps and photographs are just some of the sources held... « 1 2 3 4 … 19 »